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496 MARYLAND MANUAL
TABLE 2.—POPULATION OF MARYLAND, BY COUNTIES:
1950 AND 1940
(Minus sign (—) denotes decrease)
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Population
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Percent
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increase
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County
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1940 to
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|
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1950
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1940
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1950
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The State
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2,343,001
|
1,821,244
|
26 6
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Allegany
|
89,556
|
86,973
|
3 0
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Anne Arundel
|
117,392
|
68,375
|
71 7
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Baltimore
|
270,273
|
155,825
|
73 4
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Baltimore city
|
949,708
|
859,100
|
10 5
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Calvert
|
12,100
|
10,484
|
15 4
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Caroline
|
18,234
|
17,549
|
3 9
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Carroll
|
44,907
|
39,054
|
15 0
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Cecil
|
33,356
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26,407
|
26 3
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Charles
|
23,415
|
17,612
|
32 9
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Dorchester
|
27,315
|
28,006
|
-0 7
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Frederick
|
62,287
|
57,312
|
8 7
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Garrett
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21,259
|
21,981
|
-3 3
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Harford
|
51,782
|
35,060
|
47 7
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Howard
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23,119
|
17,175
|
34 6
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Kent
|
13,677
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13,465
|
1 6
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Montgomery
|
164,401
|
83,912
|
95 9
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Prince George's
Queen Anne's
|
194,182
14,579
|
89,490
14,476
|
117 0
0 7
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St. Mary's
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29,111
|
14,626
|
99 0
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Somerset
|
20,745
|
20,965
|
-1 0
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Talbot
|
19,428
|
18,784
|
3 4
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Washington
|
78,886
|
68,838
|
14 6
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Wicomico
|
39,641
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34,530
|
14 8
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Worcester
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23,148
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21,245
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9 0
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